CÉDRIC TIBERGHIEN is one of the most exciting artists to emerge from France in recent years. At the age of 32, he is currently receiving exceptional exposure in the United Kingdom, and last season he appeared with the BBC Symphony, the City of Birmingham Symphony, the BBC Scottish Symphony and the BBC National Orchestra of Wales. He is also active on the Continent, and has performed with the Orchèstre de Paris and the Hamburger Philharmoniker. In addition, he has appeared in Australia with the Sydney Symphony and the West Australian Symphony. Projects with the BBC orchestras have included recording the complete cycle of the Beethoven Concertos, and a Harmonia Mundi CD recording of the Brahms D minor Concerto with the BBC Symphony and Jiri Belohlavek. His solo discography on Harmonia Mundi, which has also been widely acclaimed by the international press, features four recital discs devoted to Debussy, Beethoven (the Variations), Bach (the Partitas), and most recently a disc with Chopin's and Brahms’s Ballades.

Cédric Tiberghien studied at the Paris Conservatoire with Frédéric Aguessy and Gérard Fremy and was awarded the Premier Prix in 1992 at the age of 16. He was then a prizewinner at several major international piano competitions (Bremen, Dublin, Tel Aviv, Geneva, Milan), culminating with First Prize at the prestigious Long-Thibaud Competition in Paris in 1998. This spurred his international career, leading to over 150 engagements worldwide, including seven visits to Japan and showcase appearances throughout Europe. Since then his career has continuously gained momentum, with appearances in some of the world’s most prestigious halls, including London’s Wigmore Hall, Vienna’s Musikverein, Amsterdam’s Concertgebouw, Tokyo’s Suntory Hall, New York’s Carnegie Hall, as well as the Salle Pleyel, Théâtre du Chatelet, Theatre des Champs Elysées in Paris.

"His performance’s special joy was the youthful exuberance and drive: entirely fitting for a work of Brahms’s youth. Tiberghien also knows how to be rapt and tiptoed; the adagio shimmered with hushed, penetrating phrasing, only excelled in poetic clarity by his Bach encore."

—The Times (London)

PROGRAM

Klavierstücke , Op. 76 Capriccio in f-sharp minor Capriccio in b minor Intermezzo in A-flat Intermezzo in B-flat Capriccio in c-sharp minor Intermezzo in A Intermezzo in a minor Capriccio in C Out of Doors Suite (Sz. 81—BB. 89) Avec tambours et fifres Barcarolla Musettes Musiques nocturnes Poursuite

Johannes Brahms (1833-97) Béla Bartók (1881-1945)

INTERMISSION

Three Songs from the District of Csík (Sz. 35a—BB. 45b) Six Bulgarian Danses from Mikrokosmos, Vol. VI (Sz. 107) Six Danses Populaires Roumaine (Sz. 56) Ten Hungarian Dances (Original version for solo piano)

Béla Bartók Béla Bartók Béla Bartók Johannes Brahms

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